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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune it 'flr SECOND EDITION WEATHER V $ Snow op I tain; IVarmcr. Max. -10.3 s Mill. 28.15. i ortr-tlfth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 3916 NO. 244: uaur Tontn Tour. CON ill EXCLUDES MA MEN iPrcmlcr Asquith Introduces Compuls ory Military Service Bill In House of Commons All Males Between 18 and 41, Bachelors or Widowers Without Dependents, Liable. LONDON, Jan. C Under tho terms of tho compulsory military service bill, Introduced in tho houso of commons today all males between tho ages of IS nnd 41 who aro bach elors or widowors without children dependent upon thorn, aro liablo for military service. Ireland is excluded from the terms of tho measure. Mr. Asnulth said no caso had been mndo out for general compulsion, nnd that tho bill ho was introducing could bo supported by those opposed to conscription. Lord Derby's Iteport Mr. Asquith opened his address with an analysis of tho figures in tho Derby report. Ho emphasized tho fact that during tho Derby campaign nearly 3,000,000 men had offered their services. Kven deducting thoso rejected on tho ground of physical disability, tho total was still in ex cess of 2,500,000. "Thoso aro wonderful, encourag ing figures," tho premier continued. "They ought to convinco both our allies and our enemies that tho people of this country havo their hearts in tho war." Mr. Asquith said ho wan unable, after making tho largest possible de duction to consider tho numbor of un requited slnglo men ns anything but a subslontlal, and even considerable amount. Ho added that Sir John Simon, whoso resignation as homo secretary was announced yesterday, thought tho figures might bo reduced to an cstlmablo quantity. rrotect tho Married "If wo had shared this viow," Mr. Asquith said, "tho present contin gency would not have arisen, but ho could not thluk that. Tho primary obligation was to keep faith at all costs with tho married men. Tho primo minister discussed ex emptions from scrvico and claimed they could bo claimed under tho terms of tho bill and under tho samo tonus ns by tho men attested. Tho grounds of exemption included conscientious objection to performing military ser vice Other grounds for exemption from service, tho premier said, Included ill health, physical infirmity, tho necessity to support dependent per sons and tho facts of being engaged on work of national Importance. The bill, Mr. Asquith continued, was limited specifically to redemp tion of tho promise ho had mado pub licly to married men. This pledge had been given at a tlmo when over whelming evldcnco had boon submit ted to him that married men who were willing and anxious to serve, were holding back in largo numbers. E s nrUTl', Minn., Jan. 5. A eold wave swept into this district from Canada by n' -12-milo wind sent Du luth thermometers to 12 degrees lie low zero today. Tho mercury wns falling steadily this afternoon nnd government weather bureau officials predicted n teh-dogreo drop before midnight. Saskatchewan, Canada, towns report temperatures of 2S de grees below zero. CINCINNATI. O., Jan. 3. Tho Chicago National club was sold to Charles Weoghnian by Charles I. Talt toduy. Hurry F. Sinclair, tho Oklahoma oil ltujtfntUo, assisted in '!ing the negotiations whereby AVccglmian obtained control of the flub. ELTTO F Teddy Will Dictate Who Nominee for G. 0. P. Will Be or There Will Be Split Will Attempt to Force Norn Inatlon of Progressive Republican Upon Preparedness Program. (By OILSON GARDNER.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. Tho old- lino republican lenders nro running nronnd in circles in their excitement over Roosevelt's lntcst political activ ities. All thoy nsk of Roosevelt is that ho let them alone; nnd that ap pears to be- tho one thing he does not intend to do. Tho writer luis talked with Roose velt frequently lately and is convinc ed that Roosevelt intends to do tho following things: 1. Prevent tho. nomination of Root, ceks, Fair banks, Jlurton or any candidnto of tho political oliquo which stole tho republican nomination from him four years ago. 2. Force tho nomination of a progressive republican candidate on n preparedness platform on pen alty of the nomination of such a can didate by tho progressive party nnd n repetition of tho three-party cam paign. To this end Roosevelt has said ho would support Cummins, Hughes or Borah. To carry out this program there will bo Roosevelt delegates in tho Chi cago convention when it meets, nnd thero will lie n continuous agitation from now to tho dnto of tho conven tions. . Tho question whether Roose velt himself is likely to becomo a candidate for tho republican nomina tion is ono about which nnyono is entitled to his own conclusion. Just now Roosevelt is stating that ho will support certain named republicans. If RuniC, Penrose-, Crnno & Co. nro not willing to take somo man liko Cummins or Hughes thoy may be forced in tho end to consider tnking Roosevelt himself. BATTLE OF LOOS TOIALED 57,288 LONDON, Jan. 5. Tho British casualties In tho battlo of Loos, France, last September, totalled 237S officers and 57,288 men, according to announcement in tho houso of com mons today by Harold J. Tcnnaut, parliamentary uuder secretary for war. A tablo sjipwing tbo killed nnd missing by officers aud other ranks follews: Officers: Killed, 773; wounded, 1288; missing, 317; total, 2378. Other Ranks: Killed, 10,315; wound ed, 38,095; missing, 8818; totals, 57.2S8. On giving tho foregoing figures Mr. Tenant said it was imposslblo to separato tho casualties In tho bat tlo ot Loos from thoso In adjacent areas. The figures, he said, were cas ualties on tho western front from September 28 to Octobor 8. REVOLT BREAKS OUT AT PORI AU PRINCE PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Jan. fi. A revolutionary outbreak occurred early today at Port an Prince. Tho forco of American marines maintain ed in this city was attacked. One of the rebels was killed by tho Ameri cans, who suffered no losses. Several groups of insurrectionists rnn through tho streets discharging rifles, tho Americans met them und they were rapidly dispersed. HANS SCHUMANN-HEINK. SON OF SINGER, DEAD SAN niKCiO, Cttl., Jmi. 5. Huns Sehumann-Heink, ton of Madame Sehumaim-lloink, tho singer, died in this eitv early today, following a two weeks' illness of puuuwouia. MOOT OR HAND F AND AS BRmSH L E TELLSQFATTACK Airship Bombardment Described- Reply of Warships More Dangerous to City and Troops Than Aeroplane Shells Foreign Consuls Arrested and Placed Aboard Battleship. ATHENS, Jan. B. Prlnco Andrew of Greece, brother of King Constan tino, In an Interview today with the correspondent of tho Associated Press, described tho aerial bombard ment of tho allies camp at Zoltenllk, on tbo outskirts of Saloulkl, Decern-, bcr 30. "Thn bombardmont and tho reply of tho fleets anchored in tho roads of Saloulkl," said the prince, "was ono of tho most extraordinary sights Imaglneable. I was riding back from tho morning's work with my regi ment when I was startled by a deaf ening explosion somo 200 yards away. A great cloud of black smoke arose, followed shortly by throo moro ox plosions. Then camo tho familiar rocket-liko sound of a shell passing through tho air, evidently fired by ono of tho warships in tho harbor. Thought City IlombaruVd "Naturally my first thought was that for some reason tho fleot was bombarding Salonlkl. Thcreforo I rodo straight to tho nearest Drltlsh post, which happened to bo a hos pital not far from tho Greek camp. " 'Why aro you bombarding tho city?" I asked tho officers. "Then for tho first tlmo I looked up and saw three machines fully 3000 feet high flying in lino and turning Just over tho harbor toward tbo northwest in which direction they finally disappeared. "Tho bombs dropped with tho greatest precision ono after another, killing and wounding a number of tho allies' soldiers but not touching tho city. Meanwhile tho firing of tho fleot grow thunderous. In a short tlmo it became evident that tho flro of tho fleet was moro dan gerous than tho bombs from tho aero planes, as somo of tho sIioIIh, aimed wild, .whistled directly over tho town, ono narrowly missing Major Motaxcs and a troop of Greek cavalry return. Ing from exorcise. Consuls ArrosUM "Pieces of spent sholls began to drop with frightful velocity, ono ovon piorclng two floors of a tram station and burying itself in tho col lar. "Toward noon a fourth aeroplano arrived, following tho samo courso as tho othors, though flying lower. Tho black malteso crosses wore plain ly vlslblo on its wing3. "Riding along King Gcorgo street toward tea tlmo I waB astonished to sea French soldiers and a dense crowd of onlookers surrounding tho German consulate. Farther along tho Etrcct other consulates presented tho samo sight. .Tho consuls were hustled through tho street, taken to tbo headquarters of tho French com mander. General Sarrall, wero cross examined and then put aboard tho battleship Patrlo to tho accompani ment throughout of tho stares and comomnta of curious crowds." Asked whether ho would return to Salonlkl, tho prince replied: "Of courso I shall. Why shouldn't I? Despito appearances, Salonlkl is still Greek." FROM NAVY LIST . , WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Five .Uips no longer fit for oven rosorvo duty hnvo been stricken from tho navy list by order of tho department. Two of them, tho old monitors Ter ror nnd Mlnntonomoh, now at the Philadelphia navy yard, will bo used as targets. The other ships are the old wooden steam frigate Lancaster, which had been used recently ns n mnnno corps floating hespital: the gunboat Con cord, nt pri-M'iit nmisnod io the Washington stato uuvul militin, and tho fuel ship Justin, on duty on tho wost coast. Tho Justin was n mer chant vessel beforo tho Spanish war, wheu she va& purchased for tho navy. K K ON SALONKI FIVE SH PS STRICKEN PffiHl SELLING CBTIK DOLLS TO AIK STARVING IN HfS NA1IVE POLAND H VMl4 "" Br C vmMKi ; 5iTBBfc?t)"y Tho world-famous jdniiist wns p contly held nt tho Ritr. Carlton in No starving pcoplo of his unlive country. LONDON, Jan. 5.- The sinking of tho Whlto Star liner Arabic, tho do tructlon or a Drltlsh submarine by a German destroyer on the. Danish coast and tho submarine attack on the Drltlsh steamer Iluol, aro tho thrco incidents that Sir Edward Groy, the Drltlsh foreign secretary, suggosts for submission to somo Impartial tri bunal for Investigation together with tho caso of tho cruiser Daralong. In bis reply to Ambassador Page's communication of a memorandum from tho German government com plaining of circumstances alleged to havo attendod tho destruction of a German submarlno by tho Drltlsh auxiliary cruiser Daralong, tho' for eign secretary wrote: "Ills majesty's government notes with great satisfaction, although somo surprlso, tho anxiety now ex pressed by tho German government that tho principles of clvlllzod war faro should bo vindicated. It is truo that tho incidont which suddenly re minded Germany that such principles exist, 1b ono In which tho alleged criminals aro Drltlsh and not Ger mans, but hla majesty's government does not for a moment stipposo that it is tho Intention to restrict unduly tho scopo of any Judicial investiga tion which it is thought propor to Instltuto." BILL FOR NAVAL El 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. C A naval and aviation academy to cost $10, 000,000 at San Francisco or on San Francisco bay, la proposed In a bill Introduced today by Senator Phclan of California. "Annapolis has reached its limit of capacity," said Senator Pholun. "Tho secretary of tho navy has ap proved tho purposo of this bill nnd tho location of an academy on tho Pacific coast." BODY INTO WELL KLAMATH FALLS, Oro., Jan. 5 Tho body of Albert Shotlor was found today In a well at tho Southern Pa cific railroad pump houso nt Mount Hobron, Cal., whore it was blown by an explosion which doatroyod th pumping plant last night. County authorities began Investi gation of tho explosion today. It was believed gasollpo used to prime a pumping engine caused the explosion. GREY SUGGESTS ONLY TWO CHILDREN ARBITRATION FOR ABOARD STEAMER ARABIC'S SUNG PERSIA RESCUED hotogrnphed at tho Polish feto re w York to rinse funds to aid tho LONDON, Jan. 5. Tho survivors of tho British steamship Pcrsin, tor pedoed in tho Mediterranean, reached Aloxnndria, Egypt, according; to tho account ent by Renter's correspon dent nt thnt point, nil hearing; traces of shock nnd hardship. Most of tlipm. had badly bruised nnd bandag ed limbs. One womnn is in a hos pitnl with n broken leg1. The tragedy wns enacted so rapid ly that the survivors say they hardly realized what happened, consequent ly they had littlu to tell. Tho pns sengors wuro nt lunch. Fivo minutes later thoso who escaped wero in bouts or clinging to wrccknge, nnd tho liner wns completely gone. It was possible to launch boats only on one sido of tho ship, nnd only tho promptest action by officers and crew enabled them to launch four boats. Thero wero no signs of panic. .Everyone made tho most of tho few remaining- moments. Two hank clerks pining to Egypt rushed to tho bridge nnd dived into tho wnter, from which they wero sav ed. Mothers who went m quest of their children never returned. Only two children wero saved. RUSSIANS SEIZE LONDON, Jan. 5. Tho Russian campaign In Hessarabla takes an un donlablo first placo in tho war nows ivlth tho announcement in a nows ngoncy dispatch from Potrograd that tho Austro-Gorman forces havo ovac- uatod Cornowltz, which had becomo untenable becnuso of tho Russian capture of tho heights surrundlng tho city. ' Giemowltr 'Is undoubtedly n great vantage point. Tho Gorman forcos aro already deprived of tho use of tho railway from Czernowitz to Ko lomoa, Czernowitz has changed hands four tlmos since the beginning of tho war. AT EL PASO, Jan 5. General Fran cisco Villa, with fJeucrnlu Joko Rod riguez, ConoooloB and Hernandez with fiOO mon hnvo asuombled in tho Hun Hiionn Venturn valley, southwoat of CiMHta GrandoM, according to a re port by Mexican Consul Androa Garcia to General Obregon toduy. CITYOFCZERNOWITZ SHIPPING BILL PROBERSREPORT NO LOBBYING Majority Report Finds Roosevelt's Charges Baseless and Unsubstan tiatedMinority Report Censures Bill as a Thoroughly Bad Piece of Legislation, Developing Trouble. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. Charges circulated during the Inst session of congress that administration officials noted in tho interest of foreign busi ness firms in urging tho passage of tho government ship purchase bill wero held to bo bnselcss in majority nnd minority reports filed today by tho senate committee nppointed to in vestignto them. Roth reports nlso found tho shipping interests blame less of illegal activity in opposition to tho mensure. Tho majority denounced Thcodoro Roosovelt for failing to nppeur bo foro tho committee to testify con coming his published nsscrtion thnt President Wilson nnd Secretary Hrynn "had endeavored in the inter est of certain foreign husinosn firms to seouro for tho United States power to purchase tho interned ships of one of the belligerents." ItnoMivvIt Censured The chnrge, tho report said, had its origin "in thnt ungenerous trait of tho human mind which mnkes it prono to ntlnbuto unworthy motives to re doubtnblo rivals, nnd particularly po litical antagonists." "Tho writer," ndded the report, "wns unablo to find any basis for his slanderous nttnek upon tho highest officer ot his government, mid simply resorted to n pnlpablo sophistry to escnpo tho responsibility for tho ns hellion ho had made." While tho committee found no cvi denco to indicate thnt tho president or fiecrotnry harbored nny purpose to buy interned ship, the majority held that it wns not difficult to conccivo of reasons consistent, with tho most exalted motives that might induco tho president to refrnim from n public declaration that belligerents' thips would not ho bought. "Such nn notion," said tho presi dent, "would rightly bo construed us nn abandonment of our rights, which our nation hns vigorously maintained, to acquire merchant ships by bona fido purchase, though u statu of war exists involving tho nation under whose flag they previously sailed." Minority Deport Senator Sutherland presented tho minontv report for himself nnd Sen ntor Penrose. "Wo do not concur," it said, "insofar us tho report de fends tho hill itself, nor insofar ns it insists thero would bo no impropriety in tho purchase of tho belligerents' idlo ships. Wo beliovo tho hill a thoroughly bad picco of legislation and nro certain that to hnvo purchas ed tho boats now seeking security in American wators would havo develop ed serious trouble for tliu United Stntes." Tho committee's investigation was authorized by u resolution offered by Senator Rurton and an nmeudmeut by Senator Williams, directing the inquiry as to whether tliu so-called shipping trust had maintained a lobby ugutnst the bill. With reforeneo to criticism of Col onel Roosevelt, tho minority report said: "Wo find oursehes unable to agree with tho strictures with reforeneo to ex-Prcbident Roocvelt." S LONDON, Jan. .1. Tho houso of commons toduy passed an amend ment to tho munitions net which i expected to facilitate tho munition output. David Lloyd George, miuilor of munitions, in defending tho moasuro, said : "Everything dopondi upon whether wo turn out munitions in SJil'floieut fiinntitie io bring tho owupHUju to an end this your. "If tho workmen do not stiak to their workvhops, I oaiiuut toll what tho reult will bo." COMMON SPEEDS Ml N MAN WILSON AWAITS FULLER DETAILS BEFORE ACTION Senate Discussion of Mexican Situa tion Postponed Works nnd Borah Criticise Administration for Failure to Warn Americans Not to Sail on Lusltania. WASHINGTON, Jon. f. President Wilson conferred with Secretary Lan sing for nn hour today over tho snb tnnrino crisis. No additional facts beyond Uio'deS inito knowlcdgo thnt only two'Anwri' cnim wero aboard tho linor Persia had, been received by tho stnto department over night fro mcithor Ambassador i'en field nt Vicnnn. Ambassador Ger-i nrd nt Rerlin or American consider ngents nlotig tho siidro of tho Medit erranean. Such infprmntiou ns had nlrend'y been received, howovor, wns enrofully roviowed by both tho pres ident nnd Mr. Lnnsing. Await Fuller Advice Thero still wns every indication that no nction would bo taken pend ing receipt of fuller advices. Scnntor Stone, chairman of tho foreign rolntions committee, will con fer Into today with administration leaders to detcrminn when tho com mittee could bo called to consider in ternational problems confronting tho country. Mr. Stono said ho would liko to hnvo tho committco meet to morrow. In tho sennto discussion ot tho for eign situation did not develop. Sena tor Full's resolution, calling upon President Wilson to inform tho sen nto regarding tho chnrnctor of tho government in Mexico which tho United States linn, recognized, was permitted to lio on (ho (able n't Mi request. Criticising President Discussion in tho sennto of tho in ternational situation duvnlnnnd l'ntn an oxchnngo of viows hot ween Sena tor Works of California and Senator Reed of Missouri, in which thn for. mer nssnilod tho ndministrntion for failing' to wnrn Americans to refrain trom Bailing' on belligerent ships nnd for iiermittinir tho snlo of munitions to tho allies. Senator Reed defended the courso of tho administration. Ill tho caso of thfl Llisitimin. "Mr. Works snid, tho government itself, In tno lull knowlcdgo that tho ship car ried explosives, "is morally respon sible for tho deaths" of passengers who woro permitted to sail without governmental warning. Senator Rornh ohnrged that by tho failure of tho government to wnrn passengers they had tho hiiiiio right to oxpeet enfoty on u belligerent merchant vessel ns on a neutral ship. Jnltfo Against Kmlwirgo Senator Lodgo joined In tho do bate to dcolnro that it would bo a grossly unnoulrnl net for tho United Stntos nt this time to place nn em bargo on amis, becnuso to do so would ehiingo n situation oreated be fore tho war and mnko tho govern ment tho ally of tho nation to bo ben efitted by such nn embargo. "An embnrgo on nrms would bo worth moro to Gonnnny than a mil lion men," said Souator Lodgo. Senator O'Clonnon of New York doclnrod that MoNeely, tho American uonml, believed to huvo been lot when tho Persia was sunk, hnd dis regarded urgent ndvico of Consul General Skinnor nt London to sail on a Dutoli liner to Aden, rather than on n belligoront ship. Owen Asks CVmfcreiici) A resolution introduced by Seun (Contlnuod on pago four). ' I PERSIA SUBMARINE LONDON, Jnn -I. (Dolaycd.) An Amsterdam dispatch to tho Kxchango Telegraph company says that tho American ambassador at Uerllii, Jnmod AV, Gerard, conferred today with officials at tho foreign office concerning tho sinking of tho steam ship Persia. Mr. Gerard Is said to havo inquired nuout tho nationality of tho submurino which sank tho vassal. Tho Gorman secretary of the uavy, Admiral A'ou Tlrpltr, conferred with Kuiperur AVUIiani on Monday, i.